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As the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Defense Counterintelligence Agency (DCSA) continue to move forward with implementing the Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 initiative, there will be changes to reciprocity processes and bringing back employees who were previously cleared. When fully implemented, vetting scenarios under Transfer of Trust and

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The Defense Counterintelligence Agency (DCSA) provided notification to Industry and Government Stakeholders that because of the lapse on appropriated funding and the government shutdown, it cannot approve/authorize the submission of background investigations that were not scheduled prior to October 1st. Investigations that were in progress prior to the lapse in

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The Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) has various questions that ask for information within certain timelines. For example, residence and employment history go back…
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I have noticed an uptick in the number of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals cases involving foreign influence. It could be a coincidence, but…
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Security Clearance Process

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) recently announced changes to required training for Insider Threat Program Personnel to address the increasingly aggressive tactics used…